Supreme Court of Louisiana April 15, 1848 (Marsh v. Small)

The judgment of the court was prouounced by

Xing, J.

This suit is instituted upon a check, drawn by the defendants, payable to the bearer- The defence is that, the check was lost, and received by the plaintiffs incautiously, not in the usual course of trade, and under circumstances of suspicion which should have excited enquiry.